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Northridge’s Luke Rose swam in the 4x50-meter freestyle relay in the Special Olympics World Games on Saturday at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center, helping Team USA to a bronze medal. The 20-year-old won the silver medal in the 50 backstroke Wednesday and took fourth place in the 50 freestyle Thursday.Competing so close to home in front of his family was a highlight for Rose. “They had a really great time,” Rose said. “All my teammates and...

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The 100 meters in front of Wisconsin’s Olivia Quigley looked so long, the finish line so far. The sun was beating down on USC’s Loker Stadium on Thursday and the 24-year-old Quigley almost didn’t want to run. But she made a promise to her coach.“She started thinking about cancer and she says, ‘I’m going to win a gold for all the women with breast cancer,’” Quigley’s personal coach, Deb Moore-Gruenloh, said.Make that...

College football

Arizona State head coach Todd Graham started off Pac-12 media days with his Texas drawl and his black cowboys boots. He showed off his custom-made black alligator boots emblazoned with the ASU pitchfork on the front and the team’s mascot Sparky on the back. He also has them in maroon, but he won’t be wearing them on game day. “I’d probably slip down on the sideline,” Graham said. “I actually have always worn boots, because in Texas...

Los Angeles Galaxy

GALAXY AT COLORADO RAPIDSKickoff: 6 p.m.TV/Radio: Time Warner Cable SportsNet, Time Warner Cable Deportes, The Beast 980 AM, 1220 AM (Spanish)Update: Almost a year ago, the L.A. Galaxy used a three-goal second-half comeback to defeat the Colorado Rapids in Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. That 4-3 victory on Aug. 20, 2014 remains the last time the Galaxy won an MLS game outside of StubHub Center. Since, L.A. has gone 0-9-8 away from the cozy confines of Carson,...

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After high school games with Montclair Prep in Van Nuys, Stephane Nembot would be the first back on the bus. His teammates were with their families. His family was in Cameroon, and he was alone.“I was one of the best players on the team and I had no family,” the Colorado offensive lineman said Thursday during for the first day of Pac-12 football media days at Warner Bros. Studios.

Special Olympics

For Marissa Brzescinski, the head coach for Special Olympics USA’s equestrian team, there are no challenges at the World Games. There are only opportunities. Special Olympics equestrian athletes were paired with new horses when they arrived in Los Angeles for the World Games, putting an additional hurdle on the course to the podium. Although getting to know a new horse 24 hours before a competition would be an unthinkable task...

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CARSON >> A heavily pro-Club America crowd booed the L.A. Galaxy but cheered Steven Gerrard in the former Liverpool captain’s L.A. debut, which ended in a 2-1 win for the Galaxy on Saturday night at StubHub Center. Forward Alan Gordon scored the Galaxy’s game-winner in the 80th minute, heading in a cross from Raul Mendiola. Gordon elevated over two defenders for the goal as he snuck the shot inside the far post.Gerrard started the International Champions Cup...

Los Angeles Galaxy

CARSON >> Steven Gerrard turned down offers to stay in Europe and the Premier League due to his devotion to Liverpool. After Gerrard spent 17 loyal years with the club, his fans are returning the favor after he’s moved across the pond.Fans dressed in Gerrard shirts, both in L.A. Galaxy and Liverpool colors, welcomed Gerrard in his Galaxy debut Saturday night in the club’s 2-1 win over Mexico’s Club America. The International Champions Cup match drew a...

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CARSON >> Steven Gerrard, the Galaxy’s newest member, made adjusting to a new city in a new country easy on himself. He hired a driver, talked to former Galaxy players for advice and borrowed some sunscreen from teammate Robbie Keane. Now the 35-year-old Liverpool legend can start really working.Gerrard began his official training with the Galaxy on Tuesday after

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After losing in penalty kicks four years ago to Japan, the U.S. women’s national team gets its rematch this Sunday in the Women’s World Cup final. Here are five things you need to know as the United States goes for its third World Cup title.Party like it’s 1999More than 90,000 fans, including then President Bill Clinton, were at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena